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RRAU Weisshaupt- This Is A Nightmare

Featuring Herah Mercar @jupi-tercreates and Malais @mining-for-days

tw: violence, blood, language, possible death, this is a battle

Word count: 2068

‘Fuck. Shit. Just plain FUCK!’

This was certainly not how Polaris thought they would be returning to Weisshaupt. Sure, there have been instances in the past where attacks on the fortress had occurred but it has never been breached. Yet the neverending barrage of Darkspawn flowed into Weisshaupt like ants from a flooding anthill. Polaris had faced hordes before, but nothing like this. 

After the front gate fell all Polaris could do was keep pressing further into the fortress. They released arrows, shot after shot firing from his bow, doing what they could to remain a clear distance from the larger darkspawn. Polaris would leave that task to those better suited. Darkspawn poured in from the sky and every crevice in sight, so distance seemed like a good course of action. Cries of anguish rang out across the blighted, bloody battlefield as flashes of spells went off from places Polaris couldn't see. They turned their sole focus on where their feet were guiding them. Eyes darting in every direction so quickly it didn't leave them any time to contemplate anything beyond moving and surviving. And that was their goal. To fucking survive this. Today would not be their end.

‘This is absolute hell!’ was the only thought that ran through Polaris's head. Having dodged yet another onslaught of spikes from a very annoying Hurlock, who had managed to stay just far enough out of Polaris's range, making it impossible for them to take a shot. Dip, dodge and weave was their next best choice until someone else could take it down. They moved past fallen wardens, and groups of people they had briefly seen at the lighthouse still fighting. It made them wonder where their own friends might be in the crumbling fortress. 

Blight fell from the sky and had just about crushed them at least twice. ‘Why did blight have to be falling from the sky on top of everything?’ Rushing across the scaffolds and down through the courtyard beyond the first gate, Polaris could hear the bells ringing out calling for reinforcements. ‘What damn reinforcements did they think we had?’ Polaris scowled in the direction of the bell tower just as a group of shrieks came barreling towards them. With a moment's glance they leaped over the first shriek, landing on top of another and struck their blades down into its skull. Leaving no time for hesitation, they pulled one blade free and sliced it straight through another shriek's neck. Their other blade dislodged as they dodged the sweeping claws of the third Shriek, its blighted nails just missing their face. With one last effort, Polaris swiped his blade across the Shrieks chest, sending it falling back. But the darkspawn just kept coming and Polaris just kept striking them down. Searching for how to get out of the courtyard, Polaris was unaware that from behind them, a shriek leapt towards them. The sound of its screech was the only thing to notify them of its incoming claws, but the whisper of an arrow as it flew past their face and into the shriek's head killing it gave them pause. Whipping their head back in the direction the arrow had come Polaris thought they caught a glimpse of Herah atop the roof. 

Spying a ladder at the far end of the courtyard, Polaris made a run for it, glancing back only when several spikes came flying past them. It was the stupid hurlock that seemed to have it out for them, but how was it still standing? It was obviously missing an arm and was littered with arrows but still it moved towards Polaris. “Damn Hurlock.” They muttered as they climbed up the ladder and shot off a few of their own arrows, but the creature just moved as if nothing could stop it. They need to keep moving, as long as they stay far ahead Polaris was certain the hurlock would either lose interest or be taken down. Hurriedly they climbed over debris and across the roof of what used to be an animal shed that creaked with every step. All the muscle in Polaris’s body ached, but the adrenaline kept them going. 

They were almost to the bell tower when they heard the next set ringing out. The distraction of the bells caused them to step wrong and crash through the roof onto a pile of dead darkspawn. A sharp pain shot up through Polaris’s back. They were certainly gonna have one massive bruise after this. Pushing themselves from the pile of darkspawn they assessed for any other injuries, when none were found they continued on their path for the bell tower. Or what used to be the bell tower. Where once stood the large building that housed the bells of Weisshaupt now was a crumbling column. 

Onward they moved, slashing down darkspawn, dodging falling blight and bits of rock falling from the sky. Until they finally made it to the ruins of the bell tower and began to scale what parts of it remained. Pulling up onto a landing inside, they looked down to make sure nothing was following up after. The sound of hurried feet approaching put Polaris back on high alert. They turned towards a doorway on the other side,  watching as another individual burst through. It was Malais, looking rather worse for wear and with two shrieks pursuing them. 

“Down!” Polaris shouts, knocking an arrow and letting it fly as Malais dove down sliding onto his back and shooting out a lightning orb towards the shrieks. With a screech, both Shrieks were downed. Checking for any more darkspawn that could have been following and finding none, Polaris let out a breath and took in the moment. They gave Malais a quick once over and caught sight of long claw marks down the side of one of their arms. A look of relief flashed across Malais’s face, bringing a little light back into their features. Moving to Malais’s side Polaris began examining the claw marks while also rummaging through their pack for water to clean them.

“Funny running into you here, dear warden” Malais lets out a hiss of pain when Polaris pours the water on the wound. 

“We seem to find each other whenever you seem to need some assistance.” Polaris mused softly as they pulled some cloth also from their pack and dabbed away some of the blood. Once that was done, wrapped another clean cloth around the wound to keep it safe and clear until Malais could see a healer.

“They just don’t stop coming, do they?” Malais states looking down at the bandage now around their arm. 

“No, they don’t. Darkspawn hordes are like bugs; they keep showing up until you kill the one in charge of them.” All the blood in Malais’s face suddenly drained away, seeing that Polaris began assessing the other elf for any major injuries.

“Malais, what is it?” Feeling a bit panicked when none could be found.

“Did the darkspawn blight me? Am I blighted now?! That’s the last fucking thing I need.” The sound of utter terror was laced into Malais’s voice. Polaris could rightly understand the fear Malais was feeling at the idea of being blighted. Placing their hand on Malais’s bandaged arm and for a brief moment all Polaris did was listen. Trying to look for what they knew to be the pulse of blight and using what they called a warden second sense to detect if any of it was coming from Malais. When the only pulse they could feel came from outside of the space they occupied Polaris’s shoulder dropped the tension they hadn’t even known they were carrying there. 

“I can’t feel its pulse coming from you, Malais. There is no blight in you.” Polaris states trying to give the other elf a feeling of reassurance. Upon hearing that in fact they were not blighted Malais let out a shaky breath.

“Thank fuck.” was all Malais muttered before rising to their feet. Getting up their feet, Polaris motioned to the doorway leading out and back towards the streets below. They proceeded out of the ruins, and scaled down towards what Polaris could only describe as a street being swallowed by blight. Several darkspawn filled the space along with those fighting against them. The only thing to do was join the fray.  Polaris looked to see what Malais was going to do and found that the elf had already moved on ahead into the fight. Polaris rolled their shoulder and jumped down knocking an arrow before letting it loose and taking down a genlock. Tunnel vision settled in and their focus became solely to take down as many as possible while they dodged and shot off arrows. 

Suddenly the ground below them began to quake until a loud boom rang out and a massive ogre broke through a wall followed by a new wave of darkspawn. Every second the battle went on it only seemed to get worse. One eye kept a close watch on the ogre as it charged and threw debris every which way it could. Even so Polaris couldn’t let that stop them from fighting onward. They moved through the street fighting as if it were a dance that they had memorized. And as they had just about cleared the area, Polaris took a risky glance to see if Malais had made it out towards the library. With doing so they did not notice the ogre charging right for them until their very being was flying through the air and slamming into the nearby wall knocking the air right out of their lungs. A sickening crunch was all Polaris heard before pain began pulsating through their bow arm. 

They rolled over, hugging the broken arm into their chest while trying to suck air back into their lungs. Polaris knew they had to move or risk being completely crushed when the ogre righted itself. Swiftly as they could, they slipped their bow across their body and used it as a way to keep the arm tightly pressed against themselves. Pushing up from the ground, they used their one good arm to brandish their sword and leapt onto the back of the dazed ogre. With all the strength that they could muster, they drove the blade down severing the ogre's head from its body. Jumping off the ogre’s back as it slumped dead on the ground, Polaris made for the library stairs.

Beyond the now makeshift doorway that led to the library steps, is where Polaris finally caught sight of Herah up in the rampart doing what she does best, launching sniper shots through the eyes of darkspawn. Malais could be seen at the far end of the area surrounded by flashes of lightning and bursts of flames. Polaris just needed to make it to the top of the stairs and it would all be somewhat better than it had been. But something made the hairs on the back of their neck stand on edge, followed by a roar that they couldn’t mistake. Turning to look behind themselves the sight was astonishing and terrifying all at the same time. It was that same damn hurlock from before, although now its head was leaning at an awkward angle and parts of its flesh was melting off as though it had walked through flames. There was nothing Polaris could do against this seemingly undying creature, especially with their bow arm out of commission. Moving backward down the path into the still ongoing battle behind them, eyes stuck on the hurlock moving closer. Polaris went with the only thing they could think of.

“Herah! Shoot the hurlock!” The world moved in slow motion, up-high Herah knocked an arrow and in front Polaris the hurlock threw its final spike. The arrow and spike flew past each other hitting the marks almost at the exact same moment. Through its eye was Herah’s arrow and down fell the creature. And the spike now was puncturing right through Polaris’s abdomen. There was no chance to scream or yell as warmth rushed up their throat and with a ragged cough blood dribbled down Polaris’s chin. Letting out a choked laugh with more blood following, at least Polaris’s fear of dying alone would not come true. The edges of their vision started going black, their head feeling hazy.

‘Fuck. Shit. Fuc-’ And the world went dark.

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OC In Love - RRAU Polaris Lafaye

Credit to @randomness-in-motion (RIP your notifications. I'm doing several of these, sorry in advance lol)

As the others do: A photo of your oc, six(or more) photos that fit how they are when in love, and 3-4 songs.

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Tired from practice 🫣

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✨Yet another ask game ✨

I'm enjoying talking about Polaris! Thanks for the questions zennihilation, antivan-sprig, teamtakagi, apothe-cary, jupi-tercreates, i-creatied-au, larknnightingale

Middle child: What role (if any) did Rook play in their family? (Ex: Oldest daughter who is emotionally responsible for her parents)

Polaris was an only child and the apple of their parents' eye

Two out of three: If Rook was forced to go without one of the following for the rest of their life, what would they pick: Romantic love, familial love, platonic love.

They would probably pick romantic love, since they personally view finding romantic love as something currently out of their reach.

Traditions: Does Rook observe/celebrate any religious or cultural holidays?

Polaris celebrates, Spring & Fall Equinox. As well as Summer & Winter Solstice.

Katabasis: Does Rook believe in an afterlife? Do they think they’ve earned their place in a positive or negative one? (A.K.A does Rook think they’re going to hell?)

Most definitely believes in a type of afterlife. Polaris hopes that with all the choices they have made in life it all balances out and they end up somewhere positive and peaceful

Mirror: Describe a moment of self realization for Rook.

A moment of self-realization for Polaris was when they walked away from the group of wardens that they grew up with and trained with after finding out they were having dealings with Venatori.

Breathe in: How does Rook manage their emotions? Do they have any coping mechanisms?

Polaris finds it takes a balance to manage their emotions, because they have moments where they are really good at managing their emotions and other times when they are overwhelmed by them. They tend to use painting and archery to help vent their emotions.

Premonition: How does Rook imagine they will die?

Polaris knows most wardens die during their calling, fighting darkspawn alone. But their hope is to die surrounded by those they love and care for.

Green Lady: Is Rook haunted by any of the deaths they caused or were exposed to?

There is one death is particular that does haunt them from time to time, and it was the death of a group of children who Polaris was trying to save from a blood mage who was attempting a blood ritual for eternal youth. As they were fighting their way to save the children, dealing with waves and waves of minions. Becoming overwhelmed and having to witness the blood mage sacrifice the children right before their eyes. Soon after Polaris was able to kill the blood mage but still had to witness the loss of life.

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Starting another run with Polaris, just can't keep away.

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Merrill - Dragon Age 2

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Purr

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Daily Polaris post

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We don't have all night, you know.

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Why My OC Sucks - Polaris

Tagged by @antivan-sprig ~ Original this prompt (originally from @hedwigoprah )

Anyone who wants to do this should do this! Want to see what makes your OC bad.

Bluntness

Polaris learned rather quickly after "joining" the wardens that most people didn't have time to dance around a conversation and that saying exactly what you thought and dealing with the consequences after was better than dragging something out. Which grew into them becoming someone who tends to word-vomit and not think through what they are going say when they are just trying to be open, honest and truthful.

Overly Self-Critical + Perfectionism + Moody

This combo of qualities packs a punch on how Polaris looks at the work they do. Each and every task is over analyzed right down to the smallest detail. All failures are picked apart and played back in his head, thinking what they could have done better or how it should have been done. Until they have worn themselves out emotionally and mentally. And if anyone tries to explain to them that everything is going to be fine while they are going through this emotional upheaval, they have the possibility of lashing out.

Emotionally Impulsive

While most decisions should be made with a clear head, Polaris's emotions tend to take the reins when it comes to this. They have always been a person of deep feelings but sometimes those feelings can be too deep. Turning into the driving force behind major and minor choices with the mental thought of do it now and deal with the backlash later.

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Polaris Posts

About Love, Polaris Lafaye

Polaris Playlist

Character Vibes- Polaris

Polaris in a Relationship

Nurtured Nature

OC as the Solar System

Why My OC Sucks

Yet Another Ask Game

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Your OC as the Solar System: Polaris Lafaye

Tagging- Anyone who has yet to do this!!! Go for it!

Rules: Bold what applies - italicize sometimes - strike out never. (Bonus): Color the ones that especially fit. Tag some friends to play along!

SUN • egotistical • melted wax wings and fingers • stretching sunburnt skin • the most generous soul • blood in the fruit • halos • anger on fire • high vitality • thunderous laughter • is pride really a sin? • halogenic aura

MERCURY • expansion of the mind • silver-tongued • an everlasting wanderer • polyglot • high dexterity • handwritten letters • innately critical • en vogue • eyes in the trees • hidden libraries • there’s always room for improvement

VENUS • in love with strangers • iridescent waters • love potions for your mirror • selfless devotion • shattering crystal • seafoam upon sand • the golden ratio • drowning in your own passion • material value & high principles • luring • plush lips

EARTH • fresh springs • tree hugger • we can start again tomorrow • a blazing rainforest • respects survival of the fittest • nature’s adversity • lazy bones • constantly evolving • flowers sprouting from wounds • a granite altar • fossilized remains

MOON • illusory • silver shimmer off the ocean • secrets and gossip • cycles of reincarnation • a crybaby • physically ethereal • shared glances with a stranger • cat eyes • mistrusting their intuition • fear is a prison • ornate magic wands

MARS • healthy competition • attraction and repulsion • magma and rubies • a blade being forged • wrath wrath wrath • malefic • intense eye contact • cannon fodder & fireworks • blood floods • copper taste on your tongue

JUPITER • red robes and a suit of armor • beacon of stability • leader by birth • thunderbolts and lightning • guilty but can’t stop • secret rich kid • golden touch golden tears • innate optimist • failure isn’t an option • constantly reaching for more • unfinished symphonies

SATURN • traditional • overbearing energy • a sculptor of reality • this existence is a karmic one • has a heart it’s just.. way down deep • law, order & justice • avoid all necessary risk • the sound of shackles clanging • sisyphus’ struggle • grappling with the reality of time • self-governing

URANUS • psychedelic funk music • overflowing cups • a rebellion with skin • looking good in photo id • oblivious but caring • middle fingers in the air • double rainbows • icy diamond exterior • holographic • afraid of their own mediocrity • pearlescent smoke

NEPTUNE • an elegy for the lost • dissolving boundaries • white horses • the burden of mystical conditions • deceptive • escapism is their reality • a polarizing entity • artists soul • paranoia • searching for the unseen • a siren’s swan song

PLUTO • angel statues over graves • power • the cycle of necrosis • transformative • unfathomable depths • an ivory tower toppling over • screaming at the sky • violets and irises • eclipsed darkness • speaks with their shadow • sex, death, rebirth

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Hey time to officially introduce Polaris Lafaye!

Original template made by roadkillxd

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Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) dir. Hayao Miyazaki

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Herah "Rook" Mercar || Shadow Dragon

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